The Sims FreePlay Guide With New Updates

Your Complete Guide to the Sims FreePlay

The Sims FreePlay is a fun and addictive app. It is only 1 year old but has a large fan base. EA is constantly updating and creating new challenges to the game. This guide will cover the game basics as well as information and tips regarding the new updates (most recently the summer update).

Enjoy!

Just for fun

Do you play the sims freeplay?

The difference between Sims freeplay and The sims 3 - What's the catch?

The Sims Freeplay, you guessed it, is free. But there is one big difefrence: Freeplay is on REAL TIME.

This changes the way the game works. The more time an action takes to complete, the more lucrative it is. The game is not meant to be played hours at a time, but rather every once in a while you can check up on your sims and give them different actions. It may be hard to get used to at first, but it is actually quite addictive!

But wait...how does EA make money off the sims freeplay?

The game may be free but there is an oline store. You can enter it by pressing the purple icon on the left corner with the shopping cart. EA sells simoleons, Lp and specials for REAL money.

Plus the game is very popular. It has many players and EA is constantly coming up with new updates to keep players "hooked".

Warning

This game is addictive!

Creating Sims

Create an adult sim by creating a new house and clicking on the plus icon. You can choose your sim's name, personality, clothes, makeup and hair. Throughout the game you can change the sim's look but skin color,name and personality are non changeable.

Create a baby sim by purchasing a crib from the home store and clicking on the plus icon. Only married couples that live together can have babies. Creating baby sims costs LP. When the baby is ready click the icon adn choose the baby's skin color, name and clothing. skin color and name cannot be changed later.

In order to make a baby sim into a toddler an adult sim will have to bake a birthday cake (5 LP and 24 hours).

Preteens VS. grownups

Do you like preteens or grownup sims better?

Preteens Trailer

Taking Care of Your Sims Needs - The fastest ways

-food: Fastest way to fill is to purchase a 3 star fridge, then eating takes 30 seconds.

-toilet: Fastest way to fill is to get a 3 star toilet, action will take 5 seconds.

-sleep: Fastest way is to purchase a 3 star bed/coffee machine. Both will take 3 minutes.

-bath/shower: Fastest way to fill is to purchase a 3 star shower. Shower will take 30 seconds.

-social: Praise dog, 30 seconds.

-fun: Grow Free bell peppers, 30 seconds.

*If you completed the santa challenge the vanity desk (10 seconds) is the fastest for bath/shower.

You can also use "cupcakes" to automatically fill up sims needs. However these are pricey and cost 5 LP.

A recent fishing competition (that just ended) gave you the chance to win a "singing salmon" for 8 LP that instantly inspired your sims. You had to catch 6 different fish in order to get the reward.

Leveling Up - What Happens

When you complete an action you receive XP. When the blue progress bar on the top middle of your screen reaches 100% you level up.

When you level up:

1. You get 1 free LP

2. You unlock items (plants, furniture, dishes..)

3. You unlock the ability to create more sims (out of 16)

4. Things get EXPENSIVE, meaning houses and businesses will cost and take more time to build.

Although things get more expensive, players will (at their new level) have more oppertunities to make money. They have a higher daily mailbox reward, more plants to grow and more sims to send to work.

As you level up, the progress bar will take longer and longer to reach 100%. For example, at level 1 a few simple and quick actions will level you up. But in level 23 the same actions will hardly even move your progress bar by 1%. You need to do higher XP actions to level up. Higher XP actions include: Sending sims to work/school, long gardening/baking and having your sims deep sleep.

Career and Jobs

Money and XP

Jobs have 5 levels of adavancement. Each level gives you more XP and money.Scientist hours are 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m.

Preteen Money making

Pre teens can go to school (you choose between morning, afternoon or night class). Their grades rise as they study (buy a desk from the home store) and go to school. Highest grade is A+++, this grade will give you most income and XP.

Toddlers and Babies cannot earn money. In fact an adult must be with them at all times (in the house).

Hobbies - Very profitable

You can find the hobby icon in the side menue--the chess and soccer ball sign. You can view the rewards for each hobby by pressing the card signs under the hobby menue.

Grown up sims can choose between 3 different hobbies:

-Ghost Hunting--Click on "spooky" (red ghost icon) furniture ans select search for ghosts. This will take 6 minutes. Then click on the ghost until it is "caught".

-Fashion Designing--Buy fashion studio from hobby shop (costs 2,500 coins). Place it in your home and press it. Now select the time that you want your sim to design for: one hour, 9 hours or a day. When action is complete click on the yellow light bulb three times.

-Fishing--Build the park and click on the water by the dock with the fishing gear. Select the time frame: 3 minutes, 1 hour, 9 hours, 1 day. When action is complete click exclamation mark.

The newest update (for summer) includes a brand new hobby: -diving: Build the swimming center in town to get started with the hobby.

Each hobby has 6 "levels" of advancement. Each new level unlocks items you can catch. Catching all items will give you a reward.

Important: Sims can only participate in one hobby at a time.

You can get teen sims to have a hobby by buying the sports center. Teens can choose between either ballet or karate. You can advance their levels by training at the sport center.

Buying Houses - Lots of options here!

The game has several pre-made houses available. These can be bought by simeloleons or LP (life points).

The houses available for money are:

1. Unfurnished studio

2. Furnished Townhouse

3. Family Home

4. Japenese Retreat

5. Mansion (comes with a luxury car that costs 80 LP!)

6. Empty Lot

The Houses available for LP's are:

1. The Sanctuary (two rooms and lots of plants)

2. Dark Secret

3. Geek Heaven

4. Pro Skater's Dream Pad (comes with a skating ramp)

5. Medieval Castle

6. Sim Cinema

7. Designer Home

8.Sci-Fi Shuttle (LP furniture)

As you level up in the game the price and time the houses take to build will rise. However the pices of the LP houses do not change.

During the halloween challenge you could win a "haunted house" (not available anymore). Another house that is not available anymore is the vampire house.

*By the way, Creating and designing your own houses is also fun.

Businesses - Raise your town value, add daily revenue and more

The businesses you can buy are:

-The pet shop

Allows you to buy pets for your sims (cats, dogs and bunnies). Press the shop to view the different cats and dogs available (they cost LP's). Pet store items can also be viewed through the furniture icon. Here you can buy pet toys, food and bunnies. Pets dig up LP and money.

-The childrens store

Choose unique furniture for your sim infants, toddlers and preteens. You cannot have baby sims without buying the store first (you need to purchase a crib).

-The car shop

Treat your sims to a sweet ride. The better the car the more expensive it will be. You can "go for a drive" and collect money and LP.

-The supermarket

Get discounted goods for your sims.

-The park

The recent update has introduced fishing. Fishing can be done at the park. You can also feed the ducks, play with RC boat, BBQ, and play chess.

-The hobby shop

Get ahead in your career by purchasing the hobby shop. Every career (besides teacher) has a hoby item that you can purchase that will improve your sims career level. The recent update introduced fashion designing, the fashion studio can be bought at the hobby shop.

-The competition center

Daily competitions in the different hobbies and careers. Your sims can place 1st to 4th place and receive awards (LP, momey and XP).

-The costume shop

Get cool costumes for your sims. Different costumes are available to adults, preteens, todlers, babies, boys and girls.

-The club

Unlock this one by having enough neighbors on facebook or by LP. The club has a dj booth, bar and dance floor.

The Salon - Change up your sims looks

Completing Goals

Completing goals moves the game a long and is a great way to get LP.

Most goals will reward you with 1 LP. However certain goals will reward you with XP or even 2 LP!

There are several types of goals:

1. Complete an action on a certain day/time. This goal will sometimes give you 2 LP for completion.

6. Simple sim actions. For example send a sim to work/ have a sim start a certain hobby. Some actions may need to be done ONLY by a baby/toddler/preteen/adult. Such as have a toddler play with blocks.

As you see (and have probably noticed) there are endless different kinds of goals. Although the goals may at first seem annoying (why does the game decide what I need to do? Why should I listen?) It is worth completing. The goals not only give you "easy" Lp but move the game along and enable you to do more in your town.

Some goals (many in the early levels) are simple and don't take much time to complete. Other goals (many in advance levels) will take longer.

Sometimes a goal can be completed if you have ALREADY done it in the past. For example, if you already built the business. But other times (usually when the goal is to buy something) it will not count.

Ex. Even though I already bought a three star fridge I will have to buy it again to achieve the goal.

Ways to make money and LP

Get sims to work as a scientist (the most lucrative job). At the top of their career level they will earn 1000 simoleons a day (plus XP).

Give adult sims a hobby: Fishing, Ghost hunting. Fashion designing.

Finding items will give you money, LP and XP. When you find all items you unlock special rewards.

Raise town value by building businesses and houses. Then each day collect daily XP and money.

Bonus: As you build more, town value rises and receive a larger sum of money as your daily mail box reward.

Gardening: Recommended!

Gardening is a great way to make money. The more time a plant takes to grow, the more money it will give.

Update: A new fashion designing competition gives you the chance to win special gardening clothes that will give you more money when gardening.

Cooking

You can cook by pressing on stove and choosing between different dishes. The more time a dish takes the more lucrative.

Collecting the money and LP your dogs and cats dig up (Usually not large sums).

Collect daily LP and money from the party boat.

Complete game goals for LP, XP and money.

Click the small purple shopping cart icon on the left corner . This will connect you to the store. Then click on the blue "free" icon on the left top corner and see if there are any trailers to watch for a free LP.

Game Glitches

EA is usually very good at fixing glitches and updating the game. There are no "cheats" (like in the sims 3) in freeplay. For example, when people try to "cheat" the real time in the game (by changing the time on their iphone so that sims finish tasks earlier) the daily mail reward stops coming and some sims will not go to work.

However there are still some glitches in the game. Sometimes after a shower, sims will not change back into their clothes but stay in their underwear. Also, at times for no apparent reason sims hands or face will turn black (?)

Do you know of any other game glitches? Share in the comment section bellow!

Help how and where do I find the vampire chest and jack-o-lantern I opened by my mail box for halloween

Sims 2 years ago

What is the haunted bar on top of the vampire chest

tamirah 2 years ago

Can someone help me I'm on level 9 and it won't allow me to go to another town and place the fire hydrant to even begin to practice firefighting please help me

anonymous 3 years ago

I can't connect with my party boat.

anonymous 3 years ago

My sims can't get in in the club? Anyone? I built it before all those recent updates. And now that I've return to play it, it won't let my sims in.

anonymous 3 years ago

My world icon isn't in colour , I have 18 neighbours but the nbr section isn't there?

anonymous 3 years ago

@anonymous: That's because you probably did the time glitch that is ea's punishment for those who use it

anonymous 3 years ago

@anonymous: You need to get a wardrobe

anonymous 3 years ago

@anonymous: Thts because they need to go to work but u haven't sent them

anonymous 3 years ago

every time I visit the party boat, my simoleans become 1000 when I had 5000, and my lp minuses 1!! I hate when this happens! pls help!!!!!!

anonymous 3 years ago

@anonymous: you get a closet

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Purchase a cupboard or chest of drawers and click on it.

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Agreed....I think the Afro hair for the athletes is racist as well.

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: The relationship glitch has a plus side....go to the house where they originally got married and they can repeatedly get married...for an easy 495XP each time. What causes the marriage glitch is starting to form a romantic relationship with another sim before making a relationship with the two you marry together. So, sims can't date more than one sim ever.

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: I had the same problem!

anonymous 4 years ago

My glitch was that when I tried to get my sims married, only one would get married and the other would forever stay fully engaged and I couldn't have a baby, but I deleted my game and started over, and now it works

anonymous 4 years ago

I don't want people to be able to visit my town. How do I keep it private?

anonymous 4 years ago

There was a name glitch which caused the name you put in to be replaced by the randomised sim name! That was sorted in the last update though

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: That is the funniest thing I've even read. XD

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: *Clothes

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: go to the wardrobe and browse clothes

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: go to the wardrobe and browse clothes

anonymous 4 years ago

I married two sims but only one says they are married! the other says they are engaged, and I am now unable to add baby. and I believe this particular glitch is called "the relationship glitch".

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: My game has been doing that too, but if I exit and go back they are finished.

anonymous 4 years ago

ok i was laying on my bed playing the game and i took a 1 hour nap when i came back i had enough money to make the park so i did and the game froze a bit and so i was like maybe i don't have connection so i look and didn't have connection so i get reconnected and when i get back on my park was finfished but i knew for sure that i had 34 more hours on it and so i click on the progress thing and it said -1 sec -2 sec and etc.. so i was like maybe use the lp pionts and it said i neede 2, 000,000 lp points please help someone

anonymous 4 years ago

Why is it that after finishing up a daily task n the bar is at a 100%. It still requires me to us an lp for them to end that task?

anonymous 4 years ago

Why is it that after finishing up a daily task n the bar is at a 100%. It still requires me to us an lp for them to end that task?

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: tht samr thing happened to me and i am looking for it and i sold my wardrobe thing to change the clothes

anonymous 4 years ago

If my phone is inactive and the screen goes black, my sims will randomly go either completely downhill in all their needs or occasionally they will randomly be completely inspired with no needs. As well, my town will give me experience and money early when it hasn't been close to the right amount of time (at least that part is nice). However, when I save and excite the game time changes but my sims do not progress on whatever task I have them sometimes. For instance, I told them to take a catnap, but they are stuck at 11% even if I come back hours later. My game is completely messed up or else maybe it just doesn't work with my phone.

anonymous 4 years ago

Sometimes my sims change into their work clothes for no reason

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: That's what I've been trying to figure out, it's so annoying

anonymous 4 years ago

How do you delete sims or change there clothes with the 7-2013 update I can't find the little icon that used to be where the stupid globe icon is now.

anonymous 4 years ago

The company needs to get rid of the weird glitching and they need tort pre teens be ome adults and let the whole family rid the car at the same time

anonymous 4 years ago

Cloths*

anonymous 4 years ago

How do you change the sims chorus in the new update?!?!??

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: same with me

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Same here, I just had to revisit the hair saloon and either change it or 're-save' it

anonymous 4 years ago

When my Sim does ballet her hair separates from her body making her bald

anonymous 4 years ago

How come when my preteen sim is at level five in ballet she won't level up?!

anonymous 4 years ago

A couple times my sims came home early from work and stayed in their work clothes for a couple days; my athlete gets a fro when he goes to work (which I think is racist); the screen jumps periodically; and

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Mine change into a different school uniform (grey) than the one they go to school in (green) and they change in the morning when they go to school at night... Help???

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: That happened to me too!!! Weird!!!

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Mine also did... I dunno... It's really weird!!!

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Ah ive had my sims face turn total black with cheesy horror eyes.i can say its like a shadow sim.think these are glitches because ive restarted and have gone to character edit on sim.its sims and glitches happen on pc and phone/kindle.ive had hair changes in shower too.lol yours is bizarre .

anonymous 4 years ago

I had two preteen girls practicing ballet. One of the girls hair danced separated from her body. Kind of creepy.

anonymous 4 years ago

An easy way to make money is by going to the social section in the home store and getting the swing(you get it free if you have 3 neighbors) and place it in your yard. You can get them as many times as you want because its unlimited. Then log out of face book from the pause screen then sell all the swings you got for free. You get $750 each.. The ballet box gives you the most($1000) but you have to have 6 neighbors. I do this all the time and get tons of money. It also raises your town value and every time it raises you get 5 Lp.

anonymous 4 years ago

My Xp bar is not moving even though I had 10 sims planting spinach at 3600 Xp per plant.

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: My granddaughter had that problem. We had to demolish and start again, then it worked great. Also, there is an option to keep your $ and lps before you demolish. I hope this helps.

anonymous 4 years ago

My sim goes to work but makes no money, same with teens and school no money. The only way they make money is by planting?

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Personality disorder lol

anonymous 4 years ago

I have a Sim who totally changes appearance when she puts on her work clothes. She goes from being a gray haired white woman to a dark haired Asian woman. She returns to her original appearance most times when she comes home, but, once, kept her Asian look for almost two days, even after changing back into her at home clothes. Weird!

anonymous 4 years ago

My preteen sims can't go to school. I tried sending him at the right time but the hat on the SimTracker won't pulse and I can't send him to school. The first time it worked but he was not in his uniform. I have a kindle fire and on my notifications it says he can go to school now. Help?

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: It should be in the top left corner of the town map.

anonymous 4 years ago

I spent money to build the art gallery and it said it had finished but when I had a look it had never been built in the 1st place, even though I paid for it and waited 12 hours.

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: You have to have a certain amount of simoleons before you can chose to relocate a sim.

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: DUH! The preteen sims have "school uniforms"!

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: You can't. Your basically screwed at this point.

anonymous 4 years ago

I added a baby...and picked the name myself...but when I clicked the baby it has a different name from the one I gave

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Same. I have two sims doing ballet and only one's hair will float next to her. Noticed some other weird glitches, too, like today, everyone stopped doing their tasks at once. I had some longer and shorter atctivities going, and progress was gone!

anonymous 4 years ago

I think the should add more hair types...for example long hair, a French braid without the crown, curly hair both short, medium, and long. And we should also be able to go for a drive with the whole family since its only allowed 4 people in each home.

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Made* not Meade

anonymous 4 years ago

Well yesterday I was playing and I Meade my pre teen do ballet but when ever she did it her hair kept falling of and made her bald it was really weird

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Can as of last night x

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Don't you just bake anothr birthday cake?

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Thats cuz they have to go to school x

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: I might know th problem, if by going up th stairs you went on your sim, clicked the stairs and selected th option to use th stairs then this will happen cuz ur camara view hasn't been told to change to up stairs view. There is usually a button on screen that can do this x hope this helps.

anonymous 4 years ago

after building two story home, when you go upstairs you can see everything that is downstairs. makes it very difficult to do things upstairs because everything is a mess. i love the idea of having two stories but its impossible to enjoy it. please fix it!!

anonymous 4 years ago

Guysâ¦ there was a bug with ghost hunting so they disabled it for a while. Please look on the official sims freeplay forums for info

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: I think you can move if you buy a car.

anonymous 4 years ago

ghost issue too! first I thought it was the baby problem but I can't do it in other houses! TAT

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: just go to any computer and you will see the option!

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Did you do it with the pre teen because only the pre teens can do it

anonymous 4 years ago

How do you post on the simbook? I don't even know where it is

anonymous 4 years ago

I cannot search for ghosts, not happy!!!

anonymous 4 years ago

I am having the same ghost issue. It started for no identifiable reason. Does anyone from EA monitor this board, and can they get a patch?

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: Just let one of your sims be uninspired then use the cupcake icon.apparently this is a task. I did and now all business icons are available.Hope this works

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: This happened to me.Just let one of your sims be uninspired and then use the cupcake icon.Apparently this is a task.I hope it works it did for me.

anonymous 4 years ago

I can't search for ghosts either. There isn't even an option anymore on my ghost bookcase or vampire chest. The red no symbol pops up too. I just was doing it last night. Now I can't! Help!

anonymous 4 years ago

My sims won't search for ghosts, they shake their head no and the red symbol pops above their head. Can someone tell me why they're saying no? Please an thank you.

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: if they're in a uniform it's because they're supposed to be in school at that time.

anonymous 4 years ago

When I search for ghost and its time to catch them the game freezes and makes me miss catching the ghost :(

anonymous 4 years ago

My house yard has a very big black square beneath my house. And I don't know how to fix it. And my sims face, body or clothes are moving like my sims eyeballs aee coming out from his eyes. Fix it

anonymous 4 years ago

My town has never had buildings so I'm on level 27 &amp; my sims have never had jobs, stores, parks...nothing. It kind of sucks

anonymous 4 years ago

The most lucrative job is an athelet

anonymous 4 years ago

I wanted to know how many sims can love in a house. I currently have a married couple with two kids and it won't let me have another kid. I was wondering if that amount of sims living together rises as you level up or something.

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: I have the same problem! When my fashion designer finishes a piece, it says 0% and she is not progressing past level 4.

anonymous 4 years ago

I heard their was a new app update that allowed you to make up to three levels in your house. i found it on the google play app store but i have a kindle fire and use the amazon app store. Its not showing up on the app store and i don't know how to get the update. Any suggestions???????????? Someone please help!!!!!

anonymous 4 years ago

@anonymous: At the park

anonymous 4 years ago

I just accidentally deleted my dog how di I get it back

anonymous 4 years ago

I need my sims to go fishing, but the hobbies aren't available. What do I do